Jahra and Northern Kuwait

Kuwait City is surrounded by a series fo Ring Motorways	Red Fort, Jahra, 35 km west of Kuwait City	In 1920, the Kuwaitis made a stand here against the Saudis	The Kuwaitis invoked the 1899 treaty with the British for intervention
In 1922 King Abdul Aziz al-Saud recognized the independence of Kuwait in exchange for territory	Red Fort, Jahra	Red Fort, Jahra	The simple mosque of Jahra's Red Fort
Red Fort, Jahra	Red Fort, Jahra	Ropes over a door frame, Red Fort	Red Fort, Jahra
Al Mutla Ridge, where retreating Iraqi forces were devastated by Allied air attack	Military equipment rolling towards the Iraqi border 80 km north of Jahra	Multa'a Ranch turnoff from Highway 80	God Bless U.S. Troops, Kuwait
The Kuwaiti desert is covered with tents	The "Highway of Death", Route 80 from Jahra to the Iraqi border	A destroyed Kuwaiti satellite antennta left over from the Iraqi invasion in 1990	This site is visible a short distance east of Route 80 between the Al-Mutala Ridge and the Iraqi border at Abdaly
Destroyed Kuwaiti satellite antenna	Destruction left over from the Gulf War	Destroyed Kuwaiti satellite station from the Gulf War	Gulf War damage
Gulf War damage	Gulf War damage	Camel zone marker	Keep your camels and sheep west of Highway 80
Camels along Highway 80	Camels along Highway 80	Camels along Highway 80	Camels along Highway 80
Camels along Highway 80	Mounted camel herder moving crossing Highway 80	Mounted camel herder moving crossing Highway 80	Mounted camel herder moving crossing Highway 80
Camels crossing the "Highway of Death"	Camel herd crossing Highway 80	Camel herd crossing Highway 80	The Iraq-Kuwait border is at Abdaly
Traffic is very thin this close to the Iraqi border	10 km Prohibited Zone for US forces	US Forces prohibited within 10 km of the Kuwaiti-Iraqi border	First Kuwaiti North Operation, 1 km from the border post on Highway 80
Danish military withdrawal from Iraq following the cartoon controversy.	Danish military convoy withdrawing from Iraq	From the border to Kuwait City is 120 km	Heading back to Kuwait City
Gulf War devasated village about 15 km south of the border at Abdaly	Gulf War damage	Gulf War damage	Gulf War damage
Gulf War damage	Gulf War damage	Gulf War damage	Gulf War damage
Gulf War damage	Returning to Kuwait City	Welcoming the new Emir of Kuwait, Sheikh Sabah al-Ahmad al-Jaber al-Sabah	Dhow at Doha Village outside Kuwait City
Dhow at Doha Village outside Kuwait City	Dhow at Doha Village outside Kuwait City	Rusty freighter, Doha Village, Kuwait	Model dhow maker, Doha village
Large model dhow under contruction, Doha village	The model maker with his small shop	His prices are very reasonable	The Sailing Ship Exhibition listed in the old Lonely Planet has moved from Doha Village to Al-Salmiya